TEHRAN – Two young Iranians have finished second in the international Qur’an competitions held in Turkiye.
Milad Asheghi and Seyedparsa Angoshtan, both 25, ranked second in the Qur’anic contests and receive plaques of honor from Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the closing ceremony on Friday.
 The International Qur’an Memorization and Recitation Competitions of Turkiye started in Şanlıurfa on October 24.
The judges were from Turkiye, Malaysia, Morocco, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, and Sudan. Representatives of 47 countries out of 93 participating countries had reached the final phase.